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Washington Post. No paywall…Long Covid will be one of the lasting, and devastating, legacies of this pandemic.

The world is moving on from the pandemic. Not so for these Covid long-haulers:


In many countries around the world, the hope is that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over. People have stripped off their masks. Quarantine rules are vanishing.

But three years in, there is still no standard test or treatment for post-covid conditions. Millions suffer from unexplained symptoms that many fear will far outlast the pandemic: unrelenting fatigue, memory loss, chest pain, diarrhea and boomeranging heart rates.

Data collected in June by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by the National Center for Health Statistics showed that nearly one in five Americans who developed covid-19 still have long covid symptoms.

“Globally, no one understands what’s going on,” said Laurent Uzan, a French sports cardiologist who treats younger people with long covid. “We don’t give people a miracle cure. It’s a real war for them, daily.”

To understand how people around the world are coping, we invited readers to share their experiences with long covid, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as a chronic condition in which symptoms appear for at least four weeks after the initial infection.

Nearly 400 people from the District to the Philippines told us how long covid has impacted their lives. We heard from a nurse who said he was fired when he could no longer work, a single mother of five who struggles to sleep, a former drill sergeant with tremors and many others. Each person experienced a unique kind of suffering, but their stories shared common themes of isolation, fear and feeling left behind by health systems, employers and friends.

Here are five stories from survivors with whom we spoke over several months. These interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity, and in some cases translated into English.
 
Douchebag K said:
fair enough going by some people's posts it can be hard to tell if that was or wasn't
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Dude that was a basic dad joke. It was more reflex than anything else. You are just strung too tight over it.
 
Red said:
Washington Post. No paywall…Long Covid will be one of the lasting, and devastating, legacies of this pandemic.

The world is moving on from the pandemic. Not so for these Covid long-haulers:


In many countries around the world, the hope is that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over. People have stripped off their masks. Quarantine rules are vanishing.

But three years in, there is still no standard test or treatment for post-covid conditions. Millions suffer from unexplained symptoms that many fear will far outlast the pandemic: unrelenting fatigue, memory loss, chest pain, diarrhea and boomeranging heart rates.

Data collected in June by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by the National Center for Health Statistics showed that nearly one in five Americans who developed covid-19 still have long covid symptoms.

“Globally, no one understands what’s going on,” said Laurent Uzan, a French sports cardiologist who treats younger people with long covid. “We don’t give people a miracle cure. It’s a real war for them, daily.”

To understand how people around the world are coping, we invited readers to share their experiences with long covid, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as a chronic condition in which symptoms appear for at least four weeks after the initial infection.

Nearly 400 people from the District to the Philippines told us how long covid has impacted their lives. We heard from a nurse who said he was fired when he could no longer work, a single mother of five who struggles to sleep, a former drill sergeant with tremors and many others. Each person experienced a unique kind of suffering, but their stories shared common themes of isolation, fear and feeling left behind by health systems, employers and friends.

Here are five stories from survivors with whom we spoke over several months. These interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity, and in some cases translated into English.
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I have had extended fatigue and memory loss and brain fog since I had covid. It isn't as severe as for some, but it is enough to be more than a little bothersome. I get frustrated nearly daily and my desk has become a sea of post-it notes to make sure I remember even mundane things so nothing slips through the cracks. It is concerning to say the least.

This has actually improved since I have adopted a ketogenic diet. Less than 30 grams of carbs per day for the past 2 weeks and I feel much sharper now and have more energy. I find this very interesting.

I plan on engaging in a long-term fast in a couple of months, like in mid-November ahead of Thanksgiving, to see if that can help me heal from this. Long-term fasting has been shown to help cells, even nerve and brain cells, regenerate and heal in ways inaccessible in any other way. Very interesting stuff.

Unravelling the health effects of fasting: a long road from obesity treatment to healthy life span increase and improved cognition - PMC

In recent years a revival of interest has emerged in the health benefits of intermittent fasting and long-term fasting, as well as of other related nutritional strategies. In addition to meal size and composition a new focus on time and frequency of ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Safety, health improvement and well-being during a 4 to 21-day fasting period in an observational study including 1422 subjects - PMC

Only few studies document longer periods of fasting in large cohorts including non-obese participants. The aim of this study was to document prospectively the safety and any changes in basic health and well-being indicators during Buchinger periodic ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

An increase in physical and emotional well-being (each p<0.001) and an absence of hunger feeling in 93.2% of the subjects supported the feasibility of prolonged fasting. Among the 404 subjects with pre-existing health-complaints, 341 (84.4%) reported an improvement. Adverse effects were reported in less than 1% of the participants. The results from 1422 subjects showed for the first time that Buchinger periodic fasting lasting from 4 to 21 days is safe and well tolerated. It led to enhancement of emotional and physical well-being and improvements in relevant cardiovascular and general risk factors, as well as subjective health complaints.
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LogGrad98 said:
I have had extended fatigue and memory loss and brain fog since I had covid. It isn't as severe as for some, but it is enough to be more than a little bothersome. I get frustrated nearly daily and my desk has become a sea of post-it notes to make sure I remember even mundane things so nothing slips through the cracks. It is concerning to say the least.

This has actually improved since I have adopted a ketogenic diet. Less than 30 grams of carbs per day for the past 2 weeks and I feel much sharper now and have more energy. I find this very interesting.

I plan on engaging in a long-term fast in a couple of months, like in mid-November ahead of Thanksgiving, to see if that can help me heal from this. Long-term fasting has been shown to help cells, even nerve and brain cells, regenerate and heal in ways inaccessible in any other way. Very interesting stuff.

Unravelling the health effects of fasting: a long road from obesity treatment to healthy life span increase and improved cognition - PMC

In recent years a revival of interest has emerged in the health benefits of intermittent fasting and long-term fasting, as well as of other related nutritional strategies. In addition to meal size and composition a new focus on time and frequency of ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Safety, health improvement and well-being during a 4 to 21-day fasting period in an observational study including 1422 subjects - PMC

Only few studies document longer periods of fasting in large cohorts including non-obese participants. The aim of this study was to document prospectively the safety and any changes in basic health and well-being indicators during Buchinger periodic ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Sorry to hear of your experience, and wishing you a full return to normal. Lately, I have been wondering if I had asymptomatic Covid, as I’ve noticed things that seem like brain fog and stronger fatigue. Chronic fatigue is a chronic problem I had anyway, so not sure if it’s a bit worse than I’m accustomed to. Playing it by ear, and still wearing N95 in indoor public spaces. Good luck!
 
I don't believe new Covid shots have even come out that are more aligned to Omricon variants; I believe they are still Delta-centric.

In terms of getting any shot for the upcoming season, I'm still waiting on some better guidance as the efficacy of these shots when already combined with other shots seems a bit scattered right now.
 
One Brow said:
Newspapers or scientific?
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scientific of course Maybe not so much in the US because you've already had so many people die. But government statistics in places like the UK and Australia are showing an alarming rise in excess deaths in the last 5-6 months that can't be accounted for. The Scottish government has just released some interesting data
 
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